@@looneyburgmusic sure but there are plenty of “mainstream” presets in the TS synths for your “mainstream” music. Robin is pushing the synthesis envelope here (pun intended).
Great tutorial, this brings back a lot of memories. I use to know my TS-10 inside and out but these days I have forgotten a lot of it. I was heavily into building my own sounds. I actually have four TS-10s now and will never sell them. Nothing else has anything close to the rich sounds you can get from them.
.... Amen .... 😌🙏..... never selling mine, for the exact same reason, and I've got loads of vintage & modern up to date Tech synths - TS-10 STILL shines through. Ensoniq boyz did a marvellous job at this workstation era 🏆🙌
Lots of digital synths can make equally rich sounds or better. A Kurzweil K2000...nevermind the even deeper K2500,K2600...Also the Kawai K5000, the Nord Modular just to name a few.
@@Abruzzo333 Sorry but that is rubbish and seriously what is your point, all synths can have a rich sound but the Ensoniq's go beyond rich. It's not just a richness it's more than that. I have had all of the ones you have mentioned and wasted far too much money on plenty of others that I could have just used a good VST for and none off them have the body of richness that the VFX’s through to the TS-10s have, or the SQ80... why did I sell that. They also have one of the best sounding effects systems ever made which is why a lot of people don't sell there Ensoniq DP's. I have a good card in my PC for VST's that does great things and has really good adat but it's so crystal clear that it seems to strip sound away so I send it back through an ASR. Manufacturers these day are so hell bent on having the cleanest sound possible that they are striping sound away. The Kurzweils were just as thin as the Roland's of those eras, great sounds but just not there and lacked the presence of the Ensoniq’s sound. I ran my VFXsd with an EPS16plus and still run my TS's with an ASR10. The difference in sound is the very reason I went to Ensoniq’s and I still haven’t found anything that has there sounds presence. I do have other gear and a lot of them are recent but they are just different so I use whatever I know will do what I want and the old Ensoniq's get used alot because of the rich and full presence in their sound. I would like to get another K5000W. That’s one brilliant engine that Kawai should have developed further. Such a waste when they decided to stop making synths, they could have done so much more as I'm sure Ensoniq would have if they hadtn't been destroyed by creative.
Wow what a programming genius. the TS 10 is a complex beast. You are truly a consummate genius. Your tutorial is very inspiring and makes the manual look lame. Thank you so much for making this video, you communicate with great clarity and intelligence. I’m so enthused...and I can get my jaw off the ground now. You are superbly gifted. Thank you so much.
For 200? Wow...nice! If you're lucky it might have the SCSI board (for reading samples) and extra RAM as well. Besides the Hyperwaves it is a really nice synth.
Your channel kind of reminds me of MadFame, who I love, who does a very similar In-depth programming series on the DX7 which really demystifies the process. I’ve only ever used the plugin but I love the logical flow of the ensoniq interface and their keyboards are just so cool and interesting to me (especially since I am way too young to have been there when they came out!)
Thanks....I'm totally with you on that. FM synthesis started to make sense when I watched MadFame's (older) FM synthesis video. As for Ensoniq....I have only known them and been working with them since around 2014/2015. You're never too young to get to know vintage gear. Okay, okay, I am probably a bit older than you are. They're still awesome, good sounding boards.
I had one of these. Only synth I ever had that would overheat and shut down. The vaunted poly aftertouch required too hard a key press so I could never use it. I also had an SQ1 which had better transwaves but I traded it for the TS. I regretted it. 16 step hyperwave implementation was much inferior to Korg wave sequencing. I actually took home 2 TS 10s, had to return the first because the ESP chip was defective. Ensoniq went out of business for a reason.
That's a really nice combo....the EPS-16 Plus and TS-12. If you have not already then check out the video I did on Wavesequencing on Ensoniq gear. It shows a way how to incorporate your own wavesamples in a Hyperwave.
Thank you! This is very informative and inspirational. Would you consider posting the Sysex files of the sounds you created so that fellow TS-10 users could load them on their machines and continue the exploration of this great machine?
OUTSTANDING video, thank you. I'm contemplating spending $ on a TS-12 near me, shouldn't be buying stuff right now but I love deep and old digital synths / workstations and this really looks amazing. I did briefly play one years ago and was very surprised by how modern it sounded at the time. I think you've made my mind up anyway. Have been reading the PDF manual over too, what an excellent book. We've really lost the ability to make good manuals for products these days, only good one I've seen is for the little Arturia Microfreak. Anyway it's a pity the TS-12 don't have poly aftertouch but if I can fix my ESQ-1 I can't midi them together. Main disappointment for me looking at the TS manual is the lack of resonance on the filters. Even Bob Yannes' SID chip in the C64 had multimode resonant filters. Have you found that limiting at all? I'd enjoy making a sound from a normal waveform and a pre-processed resonant version of that waveform and with the complex architecture of the of the TS I could no doubt cross fade between the resonant and non resonant versions with the modwheel or channel aftertouch :) Anyway thanks for the effort on this video, the folks over at Ensoniq would be pleased if they were still there :)
Hi RP?! Thanks. The earlier units by Ensoniq (Mirage, ESQ-1 and SQ-80) had a Filter with Resonance. Anything after that does not....except for their last unit....the Fizmo, that one did have a resonant filter. I think Ensoniq missed out on something but they did put a resonant filter in the TS effects though...but yeah...it's an effect. Also be aware that the Sample Playback Engine and the Synth Engine are two separate things in the TS. Sample Program editing therefor is limited.
Watching this again, it makes a lot more sense now I've used the instrument for more than a few hours, and your tips with copy to create an initialised sound were helpful :)@@RoshiAi
The hyperwaves that are basically Ensoniq's version of Korg Wavestation wave sequencing sound absolutely amazing. What a shame that they couldn't be synced via midi clock unlike the Wavestation, unless Ensoniq added this capability in a newer software update? Please correct me if I'm wrong? Keep up the great work.
This is a lovely & inspiring tutorial Robin, thankyou.I have watched it & your other Ensoniq demoes many times. I have a question for you or any other TS10/12 owners if thats ok? I recently bought a TS10 & I cant get patches into it via midi/ Sys-Ex. I use SysEx Librarian & have used it for years without issue, but no matter what I do I cant load my patches into the TS10. I have backed up my patches several times, but can not load them back into the TS10. Am I missing something? The manual says that only Sys-ex needs to be set to on in the midi settings in order for the TS10 to receive system exclusive data ( patches.) The midi in port is working fine with note in from other keyboards.I would be grateful for any advice, thanks.
just thinking back, toggling btw the upper and lower banks on the old Mirage sampler seems those in between presets weren't really labeled on the floppy disks. They were like the "leftover" sounds of sampling, Transwave may have been an fruitful accident. akin to granular. Still it's cryptic programming..
all parts of the sample(wave) of the original recording of instrument’s note, multiple snapshots of the sound which can be added, time modulated, FX’d into to great moving pads and also to beef up standard preset sounds that have life and movement to them. basically when choosing the category of vowel and constant tones in the menu you could spend years on programming. really one sound has all sounds, if you dissect and granulate it enough.
I hear the pedigree of the Fizmo here. Never knew about the TS-10, but I had a Fizmo for a few years, it was very spacey and far-out, I see from here that it's just in the DNA.
Isn't this (Hyperwaves), just another form of wavesequencing like what the wavestate and wavestation do? I've only programmed the aforementioned Korg synths, and not the Ensoniq, but It sounds and seems similar. Great tutorial and awesome demonstrations. Very appreciated :)
Is this tempo sync possible with Ensoniq SD1? The manual has mapping of value to (ms) for envelop settings. I'm not sure what the resolution resolves to for transewave modulation. I'm assuming it's the same principal and concept. Can only assume the math output is at the mercy of the resolution of the sequencer clock (ppm)?
There is no real tempo sync possible as we know it...like sync to midi tempo or sequencer clock. Check my video about Wavesequencing on the Ensoniqs and you might have your answer. 😁 ruclips.net/video/nGfWdQjyFc0/видео.html
@@RoshiAi I have viewed that. That video was revealing. Since then, I've been able to get better 'analog-ish' bass sounds with SD1 - without using resonance. It turns out the SD1 DSP has sweet spots when using the mixer modulation(s). Combined with it's effects - one can achieve something iconic. It's not analog - but it's also not digital - it's special to Ensoniq. ... also check your FB chat
sorted almost previous own left synth set to weird key board range but keyzone dosn't adjust it i can only get hyperwaves in the top octaves any idea's??
@@percussiveelements470 Good to read that you got it sorted. I have no idea except for maybe you were editing the Sound in a Preset (collection of 3 Sounds) and this particular Sound was set to a certain keyrange? Anyway....sorted! Have fun!
the hyperwave that starts at 12:06, this theoretically could be done similarily with the VFX right? I can do hyperwaves but still haven't figured out the envelopes very well
Yes, eventhough the VFX(SD)/SD-1 only has 2000ms of "voice delay time" to play with you can get similar ideas to Hyperwaves. I call them Hyperwaves Light :D Check this video at around 18m40s for some ideas: ruclips.net/video/nGfWdQjyFc0/видео.html
@@gydur the Effects used on the sound is a simple delay from the TS. All the other 'things' that you hear are modulations on the Hyperwave (pitch Modulation for example).
TS-12 owner here, I have been coming back to this video for years, awesome explanation.
wow this really highlights the power of this machine and how far ahead of their time the ensoniq boys really were
While that might be true, musically it's not of much use for "mainstream" music...
@@looneyburgmusic sure but there are plenty of “mainstream” presets in the TS synths for your “mainstream” music. Robin is pushing the synthesis envelope here (pun intended).
For years people have always asked me questions about Ensoniq keyboards, but Man, you're a Genius!!! Bless you Man😎🎹😎
Deffo one of the best explanation videos I’ve seen for a while 👍
@@percussiveelements470Plus it has incredible background music…
You really have a magic hand, my friend, that makes this synth shine.
Thank you Robin for this in-depth tutorial. I own a TS-12 and this really highlights its great potential. Cheers!
@@VincentZauhar Thanks Vincent. 😀
Best Ensoniq tutorials on the web.
Great tutorial, this brings back a lot of memories. I use to know my TS-10 inside and out but these days I have forgotten a lot of it. I was heavily into building my own sounds. I actually have four TS-10s now and will never sell them. Nothing else has anything close to the rich sounds you can get from them.
.... Amen .... 😌🙏..... never selling mine, for the exact same reason, and I've got loads of vintage & modern up to date Tech synths - TS-10 STILL shines through. Ensoniq boyz did a marvellous job at this workstation era 🏆🙌
Lots of digital synths can make equally rich sounds or better. A Kurzweil K2000...nevermind the even deeper K2500,K2600...Also the Kawai K5000, the Nord Modular just to name a few.
@@Abruzzo333 Sorry but that is rubbish and seriously what is your point, all synths can have a rich sound but the Ensoniq's go beyond rich. It's not just a richness it's more than that. I have had all of the ones you have mentioned and wasted far too much money on plenty of others that I could have just used a good VST for and none off them have the body of richness that the VFX’s through to the TS-10s have, or the SQ80... why did I sell that. They also have one of the best sounding effects systems ever made which is why a lot of people don't sell there Ensoniq DP's. I have a good card in my PC for VST's that does great things and has really good adat but it's so crystal clear that it seems to strip sound away so I send it back through an ASR. Manufacturers these day are so hell bent on having the cleanest sound possible that they are striping sound away. The Kurzweils were just as thin as the Roland's of those eras, great sounds but just not there and lacked the presence of the Ensoniq’s sound. I ran my VFXsd with an EPS16plus and still run my TS's with an ASR10. The difference in sound is the very reason I went to Ensoniq’s and I still haven’t found anything that has there sounds presence. I do have other gear and a lot of them are recent but they are just different so I use whatever I know will do what I want and the old Ensoniq's get used alot because of the rich and full presence in their sound. I would like to get another K5000W. That’s one brilliant engine that Kawai should have developed further. Such a waste when they decided to stop making synths, they could have done so much more as I'm sure Ensoniq would have if they hadtn't been destroyed by creative.
Robin, I’ll say it again. Thanks for making these, what a wealth of knowledge. All the best!
Thanks Maximee.
Thank you for making these videos and taking the time; these are the best Ensoniq tutorials on RUclips for sure!
You're welcome and thank you for the feedback. It's always good to hear that it's helpful for people. Enjoy your Ensoniq!
So glad you posted this on the Facebook TS 10/12 Users page, otherwise would not have found your channel. I subbed. Thanks again.
Wow what a programming genius. the TS 10 is a complex beast. You are truly a consummate genius. Your tutorial is very inspiring and makes the manual look lame. Thank you so much for making this video, you communicate with great clarity and intelligence. I’m so enthused...and I can get my jaw off the ground now. You are superbly gifted. Thank you so much.
Epic Mastesterclass, and such a suting presentation, way to close the video. It got me dancing. Thanks 😘
Awesome video! Love the tricks on the evolving sound section. Great atmospherics
One of these popped up locally for 200 as I search what it can do I found your video, I might just have to now own a ts10, great video!
For 200? Wow...nice!
If you're lucky it might have the SCSI board (for reading samples) and extra RAM as well.
Besides the Hyperwaves it is a really nice synth.
So amazing way to use ENSONIQ TS 10/12 series! I never seen nothing like this before!! Thank you for clear our minds!!
You're welcome!
Thank you very much! This unlocks my field of possibilities on this machine! love it
Cool...that's what I am aiming for. Have fun!
A really powerfull synth, thanks for showcasing that in the most nice way.
You´re Ensoniq Maestro!
Great sounds and tutorial! Thanks!
I saw an Orbital preset on there. I am glad to see a fellow fan!
Yeah....It's a sound that reminded me of the beginning of Chime.
@@RoshiAi that's great! I've been using my TS 12 to make covers of their songs as well!
Your channel kind of reminds me of MadFame, who I love, who does a very similar In-depth programming series on the DX7 which really demystifies the process. I’ve only ever used the plugin but I love the logical flow of the ensoniq interface and their keyboards are just so cool and interesting to me (especially since I am way too young to have been there when they came out!)
Thanks....I'm totally with you on that. FM synthesis started to make sense when I watched MadFame's (older) FM synthesis video. As for Ensoniq....I have only known them and been working with them since around 2014/2015. You're never too young to get to know vintage gear. Okay, okay, I am probably a bit older than you are. They're still awesome, good sounding boards.
I had one of these. Only synth I ever had that would overheat and shut down. The vaunted poly aftertouch required too hard a key press so I could never use it.
I also had an SQ1 which had better transwaves but I traded it for the TS. I regretted it.
16 step hyperwave implementation was much inferior to Korg wave sequencing.
I actually took home 2 TS 10s, had to return the first because the ESP chip was defective.
Ensoniq went out of business for a reason.
Thank you for this very helpful tutorial! I own a TS12 myself.
great thanks robin ... I've learnt something today
You re huge thanx
Will get my hands back on the eps 16+ and the ts12.
Your patches are all dope il absolutely love it
Keep doing vidéos
Xo
That's a really nice combo....the EPS-16 Plus and TS-12. If you have not already then check out the video I did on Wavesequencing on Ensoniq gear. It shows a way how to incorporate your own wavesamples in a Hyperwave.
Shweet! My friend found one of these left for free outside a house -- I'll have to let him know about this
Nice Work!
Thank you! This is very informative and inspirational. Would you consider posting the Sysex files of the sounds you created so that fellow TS-10 users could load them on their machines and continue the exploration of this great machine?
Sick programming skills, bro!🎹🎧💫😵👌😎👍BrAp oN!!¡!
Best video ever
great video!!!
OUTSTANDING video, thank you. I'm contemplating spending $ on a TS-12 near me, shouldn't be buying stuff right now but I love deep and old digital synths / workstations and this really looks amazing. I did briefly play one years ago and was very surprised by how modern it sounded at the time. I think you've made my mind up anyway. Have been reading the PDF manual over too, what an excellent book. We've really lost the ability to make good manuals for products these days, only good one I've seen is for the little Arturia Microfreak. Anyway it's a pity the TS-12 don't have poly aftertouch but if I can fix my ESQ-1 I can't midi them together. Main disappointment for me looking at the TS manual is the lack of resonance on the filters. Even Bob Yannes' SID chip in the C64 had multimode resonant filters. Have you found that limiting at all? I'd enjoy making a sound from a normal waveform and a pre-processed resonant version of that waveform and with the complex architecture of the of the TS I could no doubt cross fade between the resonant and non resonant versions with the modwheel or channel aftertouch :) Anyway thanks for the effort on this video, the folks over at Ensoniq would be pleased if they were still there :)
Hi RP?! Thanks.
The earlier units by Ensoniq (Mirage, ESQ-1 and SQ-80) had a Filter with Resonance. Anything after that does not....except for their last unit....the Fizmo, that one did have a resonant filter.
I think Ensoniq missed out on something but they did put a resonant filter in the TS effects though...but yeah...it's an effect.
Also be aware that the Sample Playback Engine and the Synth Engine are two separate things in the TS. Sample Program editing therefor is limited.
Watching this again, it makes a lot more sense now I've used the instrument for more than a few hours, and your tips with copy to create an initialised sound were helpful :)@@RoshiAi
Great tutorial! Thanks!
I have two ts12s, my best friend for writing, and a back up. I love the ts10,12.
Weird saw sounds like a weird tuba and is awesome for me :)))
The hyperwaves that are basically Ensoniq's version of Korg Wavestation wave sequencing sound absolutely amazing. What a shame that they couldn't be synced via midi clock unlike the Wavestation, unless Ensoniq added this capability in a newer software update? Please correct me if I'm wrong? Keep up the great work.
Cher ami robin merci beaucoup pour cette video importante. J'espère qu'il aura des vidéos sur le vfx sd
Oui. Chapitre 4 ..... 18m40s. Merci mon ami.
ruclips.net/video/nGfWdQjyFc0/видео.html
Hi.. i want to make arpeggio on Ts10, like " Hungry like the wolf" Duran Duran song, it is possible to recreate it on hyperwave form? Thx
Possibly yes...but it would be easier to use the internal sequencer for that.
@@RoshiAi With the sequencer it will not run on random mode.. that's why my question about hyperwaves modes.. straight, half, random.. thanks
Hyperwaves don't run on random mode either. You will need to progam the pitch for each step and you only have 16 steps.
This is a lovely & inspiring tutorial Robin, thankyou.I have watched it & your other Ensoniq demoes many times. I have a question for you or any other TS10/12 owners if thats ok? I recently bought a TS10 & I cant get patches into it via midi/ Sys-Ex. I use SysEx Librarian & have used it for years without issue, but no matter what I do I cant load my patches into the TS10. I have backed up my patches several times, but can not load them back into the TS10. Am I missing something? The manual says that only Sys-ex needs to be set to on in the midi settings in order for the TS10 to receive system exclusive data ( patches.) The midi in port is working fine with note in from other keyboards.I would be grateful for any advice, thanks.
just thinking back, toggling btw the upper and lower banks on the old Mirage sampler seems those in between presets weren't really labeled on the floppy disks. They were like the "leftover" sounds of sampling, Transwave may have been an fruitful accident. akin to granular. Still it's cryptic programming..
all parts of the sample(wave) of the original recording of instrument’s note, multiple snapshots of the sound which can be added, time modulated, FX’d into to great moving pads and also to beef up standard preset sounds that have life and movement to them. basically when choosing the category of vowel and constant tones in the menu you could spend years on programming. really one sound has all sounds, if you dissect and granulate it enough.
Good job.
Thanks!
greetings from viewer #666 ! Proud owner of TS-12
LOL....Check...yes you are!
@@RoshiAi and thanks for this video! this helps so much
I hear the pedigree of the Fizmo here. Never knew about the TS-10, but I had a Fizmo for a few years, it was very spacey and far-out, I see from here that it's just in the DNA.
Isn't this (Hyperwaves), just another form of wavesequencing like what the wavestate and wavestation do? I've only programmed the aforementioned Korg synths, and not the Ensoniq, but It sounds and seems similar. Great tutorial and awesome demonstrations. Very appreciated :)
Yes, that's right. Hyperwaves is Ensoniq's name for wavesequencing. Thanks.
My thoughts exactly, I have a wavestation ex.
fuck that sounds amazing
Is this tempo sync possible with Ensoniq SD1? The manual has mapping of value to (ms) for envelop settings. I'm not sure what the resolution resolves to for transewave modulation. I'm assuming it's the same principal and concept. Can only assume the math output is at the mercy of the resolution of the sequencer clock (ppm)?
There is no real tempo sync possible as we know it...like sync to midi tempo or sequencer clock.
Check my video about Wavesequencing on the Ensoniqs and you might have your answer. 😁
ruclips.net/video/nGfWdQjyFc0/видео.html
@@RoshiAi I have viewed that. That video was revealing. Since then, I've been able to get better 'analog-ish' bass sounds with SD1 - without using resonance. It turns out the SD1 DSP has sweet spots when using the mixer modulation(s). Combined with it's effects - one can achieve something iconic. It's not analog - but it's also not digital - it's special to Ensoniq. ... also check your FB chat
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
i follow your example excatly and my ts-12 can get as far as launching the first sample in a hyperwave and then won't play the sequence
sorted almost previous own left synth set to weird key board range
but keyzone dosn't adjust it i can only get hyperwaves in the top octaves any idea's??
sorted good old soft reset if u have anyideas what cause thiss let me know
@@percussiveelements470 Good to read that you got it sorted. I have no idea except for maybe you were editing the Sound in a Preset (collection of 3 Sounds) and this particular Sound was set to a certain keyrange? Anyway....sorted! Have fun!
@@RoshiAi i edited the key range didn't fix problem but a good ol reset sorted it no issues since
Is the heavy percussion also coming from the TS-10 or is that something else?
All TS-10, Master Chain. No other synths were used in any of the tracks and underscores.
the hyperwave that starts at 12:06, this theoretically could be done similarily with the VFX right? I can do hyperwaves but still haven't figured out the envelopes very well
Yes, eventhough the VFX(SD)/SD-1 only has 2000ms of "voice delay time" to play with you can get similar ideas to Hyperwaves.
I call them Hyperwaves Light :D
Check this video at around 18m40s for some ideas:
ruclips.net/video/nGfWdQjyFc0/видео.html
@@RoshiAi ah yes you’re right, thank you so much. That video is what taught me everything about my VFX
ensoniq TS is a bitch of a Workstation the best
Isko factory reset kaise kare
You should write a manual for this thing.
The manual for this is MASSIVE. I still have mine. I only scratched the surface of this synth unfortunately after owning it since it was real eased.
Are these sounds inside the factory resets?
At 26.00 f.x?
If you mean that these sounds are programmed with the internal waveforms then the answer is yes.
@@gydur the Effects used on the sound is a simple delay from the TS. All the other 'things' that you hear are modulations on the Hyperwave (pitch Modulation for example).
I find the background music very distracting.
That's allowed. 😉
You can turn off the volume and switch on the CC so you will have subtitles.